Today's News

TELL CITY – The March of Dimes will host its baby contest Saturday during this year’s 4-H Fair at the fairgrounds in Tell City.

Registration will begin at 10 a.m. under the shelter next to the stage area. The contest will kick off at 11 a.m. The theme this year is red, white and blue and the contest is open to children ages 0 to 59 months old.

The now quiet German Ridge area of southern Perry County, once brimming with small farms and bustling families, may give up some of its secrets this summer.

A German Ridge Heritage Archaeology Project that begins in earnest today will explore the lives and culture of early settlers in the German Ridge community. Preparation work has been under way for several weeks with the actual field work getting under way this week. A public house is set for Saturday afternoon.

PERRY COUNTY – Farmers have good memories and few events are more etched in their minds than drought years. 1980, 1983, 1988.

Add 2012 to the list.

Though scattered showers offered temporary relief to a lucky few, Perry County farmers are watching their crop prospects wither in their fields as a lack of rain and blistering temperatures pummel corn and soybeans. Also hard hit are beef producers who face bone-dry pastures and the prospects of feeding hay in the middle of the summer.

ST. CROIX – A St. Croix man held on an aggravated battery charge in the death of his fiancee was formally charged with murder Wednesday.

Henry Lee Whistle, 36, is accused of beating Jamie Renee Stowe, 31, also of St. Croix. The charge of murder is the most serious charge anyone can face under Indiana law and is punishable by a prison sentence of 45 to 65 years.

TELL CITY – The Perry County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary will sponsor a “Gently Used” sale featuring books, jewelry and handbags.
The sale will kick off at 7 a.m. Wednesday and end at 4 p.m. Paperback books will be 50 cents each and hardbacks will be $1. Jewelry and handbags will be individually priced.

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TELL CITY – The Lincoln Trail Quilt Guild will host its fourth annual quilt show Aug. 10 and 11 at the Evangelical United Church of Christ Fellowship Hall.

The public may visit from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 10 and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 11.
Raffle tickets are available for a splitting image pattern quilt, quilted by the Women of the Lutheran Church. The winner of the raffle will be drawn after the quilt show Aug. 11.
To purchase tickets, call Nancy Spencer at 836-2800.

PERRY COUNTY – County residents are asked to help the Perry County Animal Shelter in controlling stray cats in the area with a trap, neuter and release program.
The program is for stray cats only. Residents who are willing to capture a stray may take it to the shelter at 200 Herzeele St. in Cannelton between 5:30 and 6 a.m. July 25.
For $30 per cat, a service from Vanderburgh County will have the cats spayed or neutered.
Cats will be ready for pickup at 10 a.m. July 26 and then released where they were caught.